I did my first AG today and everything went great. I brewed BM's Centennial Blonde. The only problem was i ended up with probably a little over 6 gallons of wort instead of 5. I used beersmith for the water calculations. One reason could be that my propane tank started to run low and the boil wasn't as rolling in the end as it was in the first 30-40 minutes. I ended up with an OG of 1.031. Beersmith had me use over 9 gallons of water for a 5 gallon recipe. Is this normal? Is there a better program than beersmith for predicting how much water to use?

9 gallons is pretty standard for a 5 gallon batch. You should find you are boiling off anywhere from 1.4-1.6 gallons/hour. I do 90 minute boils and start at 7.4 gallons, leaving me with 5.3 gal after the boil, putting 5.0 in the fermentor.

I worked a two day week... every flight was 5-10 early off the gate, and arrived 15-30 minutes early. It was a good time.

Well, after hearing that I am sure that I have never flown with you. Seems like every one of mine are at least 5 minutes late!
Of course, I am still breathing, so no complaints here. Keep up the good work.

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